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George Eliot: Boots and shoes...

George Eliot: Boots and shoes...

Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life. Everything else one can turn and turn about, and make old look...

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George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

Abroad, that large home of ruined reputations.

Source: Felix Holt, Epilogue...

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George Eliot: Perhaps his might...

George Eliot: Perhaps his might...

Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate...

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George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Hatred is like...

George Eliot: Hatred is like...

Hatred is like fire; it makes even light rubbish deadly.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: It is never...

George Eliot: It is never...

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Source: In The World's Best...

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George Eliot: Hell is oneself;...

George Eliot: Hell is oneself;...

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and...

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George Eliot: The important work...

George Eliot: The important work...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

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E M Forster: Works of art,...

E M Forster: Works of art,...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why,...

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E M Forster: I suggest that...

E M Forster: I suggest that...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further...

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E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look...

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E M Forster: I distrust Great...

E M Forster: I distrust Great...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel...

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G K Chesterton: Evil comes at...

G K Chesterton: Evil comes at...

Evil comes at leisure like the disease; good comes in a hurry like the doctor.

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G K Chesterton: Blasphemy itself could...

G K Chesterton: Blasphemy itself could...

Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that, let him try to blaspheme...

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G K Chesterton: Thieves respect property....

G K Chesterton: Thieves respect property....

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect...

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G K Chesterton: Education is simply...

G K Chesterton: Education is simply...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

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G K Chesterton: The only way...

G K Chesterton: The only way...

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.

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George Eliot: To judge wisely,...

George Eliot: To judge wisely,...

To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: This is a...

George Eliot: This is a...

This is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's got a finger in it.

Source: Mr. Tulliver,...

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George Eliot: More helpful than...

George Eliot: More helpful than...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

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